Tag: Grantmakers Council Of Rhode Island
United Way of R.I. elects Fernandez as new board chair
PROVIDENCE – Paola Fernandez, Centreville Bank’s senior vice president and community development officer, has been elected as the new chairperson of the United Way...
Grantmakers Council of R.I. names Bourns new executive director
PROVIDENCE – Courtney Bourns, who has served as a strategy and program consultant for multiple foundations across the country for the last six years,...
Survey: Local nonprofits still facing ongoing challenges
PROVIDENCE – Low pay and limited benefits offered for employees due to having few resources, having few donors contributing to their causes and responding...
Finding workforce is labor intensive for local nonprofits
The COVID-19 pandemic’s cascading aftereffects have been complicated and hard to shake for Rhode Island’s nonprofits, which employ 67,000 Rhode Islanders. That number represents...
United Way of R.I. to launch nonprofit resource center in fall,...
PROVIDENCE – Nancy Wolanski feels Rhode Island’s nonprofit sector is overlooked, under resourced and there are not enough adequate investments in the capacity of...
Survey: Local nonprofits struggling with financial, staffing woes
PROVIDENCE – A survey conducted by the United Way of Rhode Island and the Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island paints a bleak picture for...
Rhode Island could lose one of its two U.S. House seats...
The last time a U.S. census form arrived in the mail, Marcela Betancur helped her mother fill it out. As a 20-year-old, she had...
Proving value key to preserving donations
The new federal tax law implemented this year – with a doubling of the standard deduction amount allowed for individuals and married couples –...
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